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CUSTOMS TARIFF (HEAD OF DEPARTMENT) (INFORMATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES) CERTIFICATE 2022

BR 123 / 2022

Pursuant to CPC 4210 of the Fifth Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1970, the Chief Information Officer, having consulted the Minister of Finance and the Collector of Customs, issues the following Certificate:

Citation

1 This Certificate may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Head of Department) (Information and Digital Technologies) Certificate 2022.

Interpretation

2 In this Certificate— “approved scheme” means the approved scheme specified in the Schedule; “duty rate” means the duty rate specified in the Schedule; “eligible beneficiary” means the eligible beneficiary specified in the Schedule; “end-use conditions or restrictions” means the end-use conditions or restrictions specified in the Schedule; “end-use relief” means the end-use relief specified in the Schedule; “qualifying goods” means the qualifying goods specified in the Schedule.

Duty rate

3 The eligible beneficiary who imports qualifying goods subject to the end-use conditions or restrictions is eligible for the grant of end-use relief at the duty rate.

CUSTOMS TARIFF (HEAD OF DEPARTMENT) (INFORMATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES) CERTIFICATE 2022

Certification

4 The Chief Information Officer hereby certifies that the qualifying goods imported under paragraph 3 are for the purposes of the approved scheme.

CUSTOMS TARIFF (HEAD OF DEPARTMENT) (INFORMATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES) CERTIFICATE 2022

SCHEDULE

(paragraph 2) END-USE RELIEF UNDER CPC 4210

Approved Scheme: The capital expenditure scheme for the Department of Information and Digital Technologies shown in Schedule C to the Appropriation Act 2022 as the following— - 76074 Infrastructure Computers; - 76169 Network Upgrade; - 76172 ISeries Systems/Servers. Duty Rate: 0%. Eligible Beneficiary: All importers. End-Use Conditions Goods must be imported and used only for the purposes of the or Restrictions: Department of Information and Digital Technologies. End-Use Relief: CPC 4210 of the Fifth Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1970. Qualifying Goods: Goods of the following Headings of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1970—

(a) 84.71 (Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included.);

(b) 85.04 (Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors.): 8504.409 (Other) - uninterruptable power supplies;

(c) 85.17 (Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or

85.28.).

CUSTOMS TARIFF (HEAD OF DEPARTMENT) (INFORMATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES) CERTIFICATE 2022

Made this 11th day of November 2022

Chief Information Officer Department of Information and Digital Technologies

[Operative Date: 14 November 2022]